New on my blog: The Corn Laws go digital. cyberleagle.com/2024/04/the-co…

#ECJ : A national public authority responsible for combating online counterfeiting may access identification data on the basis of an IP address #PersonalData 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_…

#ECJ : The court responsible for authorising access to telephone records in order to identify the perpetrators of an offence must be entitled to refuse or restrict that access #PersonalData 👉 curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_…

Graham Smith  The Great Barrier Internet Reef option. If the Australians want to be consistent about this, they need to ask China for some advice.

Barrister for eSafety confirms the content is being withheld from access in Australia, but is arguing that because it is still accessible to Australian users via a VPN, it isn't considered removed as defined in the OSA

Labour's rail nationalisation plans are a disaster waiting to happen...

The railways were last nationalised postwar. The result was a dive in passenger numbers, a lack of investment and the Beeching cuts, which diminished the network. Between 1948 and 1995, journeys went from

🧵LIVE THREAD: Powers to spy on all of our bank accounts are being debated in Parliament now.

These proposed powers would see banks forced to scan all of our bank accounts on the premise of searching for potential welfare fraud or errors.

👀FOLLOW BELOW | #DataBill ⤵️

Fascinating. Who determines (and to what level of confidence) which material in an acquired test dataset is illegal? #OnlineSafetyAct

Greatly extended 🇺🇸 snooping law 😱 #FISA702

Ofcom announces more goalpost-moving, consultative can-kicking, and, erm, mandates for the uses of magic technology that doesn’t exist outside of solution vendor sales decks.

New @ofcom #OnlineSafetyAct publication today - their academic research agenda covering 4 themes:
- User activity & behaviour
- Online risk & harm (with a long list of specific topics)
- Service design & characteristics
- Safety measures & technologies 👇
ofcom.org.uk/research-and-d…

What's the detail and likely effect of the new offence criminalising *creating* sexually explicit deepfakes?
My comments on today's GOV.UK announcement
#WelcomeStart #Loopholes #MoreToDo 🧵👇
bbc.co.uk/news/uk-688230…